Machine for making material for containers, container covers, and the like



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MACHINE FOR MAKING MATERIAL FOR CONTAINERS, CONTAINER COVERS, AND THE LIKE Filed April 29, 1933 11 Sheets-Sheet 11 Invenior: finds lfohas's'erz Patented June 15, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MACHINE FOR MAKING MATERIAL FOR CONTAINERS, CONTAINER COVERS, AND

THE LIKE tion of New Jersey Application April 29, 1933, Serial No. 668,571

1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in machines for producing material for containers and covers or caps for the same, and particularly to improvements in machines for producing such material in the form of a series of blanks for such articles connected together in strips, the blanks consisting of printed matter surrounded by scorings or creasings and if desired by cut away portions for outlining said blanks.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide mechanism for printing container, or container cap or cover labels on a strip of sheet material, which printing mechanism is arranged in the machine in a predetermined spaced relation to stamping means for producing scorings or embossings and perforations for outlining containers, or container caps or covers around each such label.

Another object is to provide improved means [or printing the labels or other matter for the tops of the container cover or other blanks, and a further object is to provide improved means for stamping or embossing scorings or creasings for outlining the tops and the folds of the container covers, and means for cutting away or perforating parts of the blanks so that they may be more readily fitted to the container necks.

Still another object is to provide rewinding or reeling mechanism whereby the strips of blanks are reeled suitably into rolls to be used on machines for applying the containers or the container covers or caps.

Still another object is to provide a machine 1n which the printing means and the stamping means are arranged on an elongated bed or base, provided with a single drive shaft for both said means, and a. paper strip feeding means for feeding the blank material through the printing means and the stamping means in a direction parallel with the drive shaft.

The printing means in addition to the features hereinbefore mentioned embody other novel and advantageous construction. The stamping or embossing means are also of new and novel construction and arrangement. The paper strip {coding means are also arranged in an improved and novel manner.

In connection with the reeling means I have devised a tension device whereby the finished cover material is wound on the roll of the same with. substantially uniform tension throughout the operation.

The embodiment of the invention which I profor toemploy is illustrated in the drawings ac- (01." ion-199 companying and forming part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved machine for producing container cover material.

Fig.2 is a plan of the printing mechanism of the same and a portion of the paper feeding taken on the line 8-8 of Fig. 2, certain parts being omitted for clearness.

Fig. 9 is a horizontal section taken on the lines 9-9 of Figs. 5 and 7.

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the form inking devices.

Fig. 11 is a developed section of a part of the inking mechanism.

Fig. 12 is a longitudinal vertical section of the stamping mechanism.

Fig. 13 is a transverse vertical section of the same taken on the line l3--l3 of Fig. 12.

Fig. 14 is a sectional plan of the same taken on the line 14-44 of Fig. 13.

Fig. 15 is a sectional plan taken on the line [5-15 of Fig. 13.

Fig. 16 is a plan of the top plate of the stamping mechanism.

Fig. 1'? is a perspective view of a partition element of the ink fount.

Fig. 18 is an inverted plan of an impression plate for the printing platen.

Fig. 19 is a plan of the reeling mechanism for the finished container cap or other material, and

Fig. 20 is a front elevation of the same.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

My herein improved machine may be utilized for any sort of articles formed from a web or strip of suitable sheet material such as paper, and while the printing and stamping means of this machine are shown as adapted to the making of container covers or caps, or to containers of suitable form, these means may be used separately or together and for such other purposes as may be desired without departing from the part.

essence and principle of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

Referring to the drawings and particularly to Fig. 1, the capital letter A designates the printing means, B designates the stamping means, C denotes the mechanism for feeding the blank paper strip through the printing and stamping means, and D denotes the mechanism for reeling or forming the finished material into rolls.

The printing and stamping means are mounted on a base member which may be of any suitable form but preferably it is elongated in plan and preferably the drive shaft is arranged lengthwise of said base member, ordinarily in the underneath In the herein arrangement of base memher and drive shaft, apertures are formed in the base member through which the actuating members for the printing bed and a separate stamping frame are movable. The printing means have a pair of operating members on the drive shaft which move the above-mentioned actuating members. There is a separate operating member on the drive shaft for operating the same. Thus it will be clear that the actuating means for the printing means and the actuating means for the stamping means are separate from each other but driven by the common shaft.

The base member is denoted by the numeral 2 and is ordinarily supported on two pairs of legs each pair indicated by 3. Mounted on the base member 2 are two upright members or pedestals 4 and 5, said pedestals being adjacent the feed or left hand of the base member as seen in Fig. 1.

Printing mechanism The form bed or member for supporting the impression or printing elements or units of the printing mechanism, is carried by the pedestals 4 and 5 and under it is the platen or part 6 which supports the web or strip to be printed upon. Relative movement is produced between the printing bed and the platen and either of said members may be the movable one. In the form herein illustrated the form bed is the movable element, and it is moved preferably by means on the drive shaft connected to members extending through the before-mentioned apertures in the base member and movably connected to the platen.

Each of said pedestals is provided with two guide faces '5 and 8, each of said faces I and 8 being at right angles to the other and arranged in two pairs oppositely disposed in a vertical direction and forming guideways for the vertical guide faces 9 and Ill of the form bed I I.

These are formed respectively on the vertical flanges E2 of the pedestals and the vertical end parts E3 of the platen II and said parts are connected together by a horizontal plate hi, all three portions being further connected by vertical ribs IS. The said vertical parts I3 are furnished with bosses 56 containing apertures H for a pair of short shafts or pins l8.

As herein shown the base member 2 is composed of a top plate 59 and depending flanges at the front, rear and ends. Immediately below the pedestals 4 and 5 are two depending portions 2| to which are secured journal bearings 22 for the left hand part of the drive shaft 23, which is arranged on the base member 2 on the underneath part thereof as shown particularly in Figs. 3 and 15.

Mounted on the drive shaft 23 are two rotary members for actuating the form bed H which may be of any suitable type for producing reciproeating movements of the bed. Preferably the rotary members are eccentrics such as 24 secured to the shaft 23 by keys 25. The eccentrics 24 each give movement to a pitman or connecting member such as 26 having a journal bearing 2'! at its upper end in which the shaft or pin I8 is journaled. Rotation of the shaft 23 produces reciprocating movement of the form bed II.

The elements for the actual printing may be of any suitable form and are preferably as follows:

Secured to the horizontal plate M by gibs 28 and set screws 29 is a movable plate 30 on which are mounted the printing elements or units which are herein shown as formed on a printing or label plate 32, having several spaced duplicate forms for multicolor printing as shown in Fig. 18. Although I have shown said label plate as one member, it may if desired be divided into several plates, one for each color on the label.

Any suitable means may be employed for supplying ink to the printing plate 32 but preferably I employ one or more inking rollers such as 33 which are periodically moved along and in contact with the printing elements by suitable devices. Preferably these encircle the form bed taking the form of rings such as 34. Said rings may be mounted in any suitable manner but preferably are mounted on the ball bearing rollers 35 and the side thrust of the rings is preferably taken by disks 36 set in suitable sockets and blocks 31 secured by suitable screws. Secured to each of said rings 34 is a second ring 38 in which internal gear teeth 39 are formed. Meshing with the gear teeth of said two rings 38 are two pinion gears 48 each secured to a shaft 4| journaled in bearings in the two pedestals 4 and 5. The said shaft 4| has a sprocket wheel 42 secured to its rearward end by means of which it is rotated and said sprocket wheel is driven by the chain 43 which is in turn driven by the driving sprocket wheel 44 suitably secured to the drive shaft 23.

The platen 5 is secured to the base member 2 by bolts 45 and is preferably provided with a cushion 45 held by clips 41. The inkingrollers 33 are each mounted on a pair of resiliently arranged members such as the bell cranks 48, pivoted on the gear rings 38 by studs 49 and springs 50 secured at one end to brackets 51 and at the other to the bell cranks cause the inking rollers 33 to resiliently engage the printing elements on the platen in a manner which will hereinafter be more fully explained.

There is an ink fount 52 mounted on the pedestals 4 and 5 at one side of the form bed II and the rings 34 and 33. The said fount is carried on a bar 53 and has an ink roller 54 provided with shafts 55 and 56 respectively at the forward and rearward ends thereof and journaled in bearings 57 mounted on the bar 53. The said bearings are integral with end portions 58, and between said portions 58 is an inclined rigid longitudinal plate 59 and a plurality of somewhat resilient plates 60 secured thereto by screws BI and pressed against the ink roller 54 by set screws 52 in the plate 59.

The ink fount is arranged for inks of different colors by providing grooves 83 in the roller 54 and the plates 55 have end walls 54 the upright edges of which bear in said grooves so as to prevent escape of ink, thus forming a series of compartments spaced along the fount in the direction of the web or strip feed.

The inking roller 54 is driven by the shaft 55 at the end part of which the ratchet 66 is secured. This is turned by the pawl 61, oscillated by the arm 68 on the shaft 69, which is moved by the arm 10 and that in turn by the rod H of the eccentric 12 mounted on the drive shaft 23. The shaft 56 supports the other end of the roller 54 in the left hand bearing 51 therefor.

Journaled in each of the pedestals 4 and 5 is a shaft 13 and secured to the same are two rock arms 14, having journal bearings 15 at their outer parts. There is a rubber roller 16 having a shaft 11 whose ends are journaled in said bearings 15. There is also a shorter rock arm 18 secured to the shaft 13 between the pedestal 4 and the adjacent rock arm 14, and having an anti-friction roller 19 secured thereon. On the outer side of the pedestal 4 is another arm 80 secured to said shaft 13 and secured between the outer end of the same and a pin 8 I secured to the pedestal 4, is a tension spring 82. There is a cam 83 secured to the rotary ring 34 at the right hand side of Fig. 3 by suitable screws 84. The said cam is adapted to oscillate the shaft 13 together with the rubber roller 16 by oscillating the short arm 18 by means of its roller 19 to convey ink from the fount inking roller 54 to a distributing or oscillating roller 85. The said roller 05 is secured to a shaft 86 which is driven by a pinion 81 meshing with an idler gear 88 driven by a pinion 89 secured to the shaft 4I. Also secured to the shaft M is a larger ink roller 90 which turns with the said shaft. There is an idler roller 9| secured to a shaft 92 journaled in journal bearings 93 in the levers 94 which are fulcrumed on the pedestals 4 and 5. The positive rotation of the roller 90 and the roller 85 cause the rotation of the idler roller 9|. The roller 85 is given endwise movement by means of the rotation of the cam 95 secured to the shaft 86 and a pin 96 fixed to a bracket 91 on the pedestal 5 and against which said cam 95 operates.

There is a fixed distributing member 98 having an eccentric outer surface 98a for contact with the ink rollers 33, supported between the pedestals 4 and 5 by screws 99 and over which the inking rollers 33 pass when rotated by the rings 34 and 38. There are collars I on the shafts IOI of the rollers 33 to engage the cam I02, so as to positively raise the rollers 33 when they encounter the upper roller 90. There are two cams I03 which are mounted on the platen I I and when the rollers 33 are rotated around the form bed, cause them to accurately contact with the impression elements 3I.

Stamping mechanism The stamping mechanism or means are located at the rigt hand end of the machine as seen in Fig. 1 and any suitable stamping means may be employed. The said means are located in a predetermined relation to theprinting mechanism above-described, the said relation being determined by the spacing of the labels or other printed matter of the strip material. In other words, the dies of the stamping means must properly register with said labels or matter as they are caused to move forward by the feeding mechanism C, which is preferably located between the printing mechanism and stamping means B.

The form of stamping means I prefer to use includes a frame I movable up and down in the base member 2, said frame preferably having four columns or bars I06 movable in apertures I01 of the base member 2. The bars I06 are plate and the portion of the passed into an aperture III in the plate I09 and secured below the same by two nuts H2.

The bars I06 are connected to the top plate II3 by shouldered portions II4 passing through apertures H5 in the top plate and secured by two nuts I I6. The bottom plate I09 has a spherical socket II1 which fits the ball II8 on the lower end of the pitman II9, which ball is secured in place by an apertured square halved plate I20. The upper part of the pitman forms an eccentric strap I2l made in two portions held together by the bolts I22 and in which the eccentric I23 is rotatable on the right hand part of the drive shaft ily by a key I24.

Dies

Any suitable dies may be employed which are appropriate for the particular blanks to be formed in' my improved machine. The dies shown herewith are therefore to be understood as illustrative but not limiting. Qrdinarily I employ a bolster plate such as I26 secured to the base member 2 by suitable means such as bolts I21, and mounted on the bolster plate is a die plate I28 which may bevprovided with a plurality of sets of die elements such as two as herein shown and designated respectively by I29 and I30. The number I3I indicates the punch plate, and I32, I33, indicate respectively, two sets of punch elements co-operating respectively with two sets of die elements I29 and I30. Preferably there is a plurality of coiled springs I34 which normally hold the punch plate I3I in its retracted or up position, as shown in Figs. 1, 12, and 13.

The springs I34 are coiled around suitable members such as the screw pins I35 secured in the punch plate I3I and having heads I35a in recesses I36 in the die plate I28 so that a small vertical movement is permitted. Secured to the die plate I28 is the stripper plate I31 by screws slot 'I39 through which the web or strip material can be fed and also limits the upward movement of the heads of the screw pins I35a. The die plate may be secured to the bolster plate in any suitable manner such as by the clamps I40. The punch elements may be secured to the punch plate in any suitable way as by screws I4I or where two parts are small by screw threading them into screw threaded apertures.

Alinement of the stamping elements is permitted in two directions at right angles to each other in the horizontal plane of the web or strip material. Preferably the bolster plate I26 is alined by the key I42 and keyway I43 in said plate and secured in position by the bolts I21. Ordinarily the bolster plate has a rib I44 placed parallel with the direction of the feed of the strip material and the die and punch is shiftable along said rib and held finally in position by the clamps I40 and bolts I46. Thus the dies and punches are readily adjustable to the line of movement of the strip material and into step with the spacing of the labels or printing thereon.

Web or strip feeding mechanism As above noted the web or strip feeding mechanism is mounted on the base member 2 between the printing mechanism A and the stamping means B. It consists of a main feed roller I50 formed of two annular members I5I keyed to the shaft I52 and a tubular peripheral portion. I53 firmly secured to said members I5I. The shaft I52 is mounted in bearings I54, I55, and I56 in the frame I51, which is secured to the base member 2 by bolts I58. There is a ratchet I59 keyed to the front part of the shaft I52 and also a hand 23, being secured thereto ordinarwheel I65 at the extreme front end. Surrounding the ratchet I 59 is a hollow disk I5I provided with a back plate Ifila secured thereto by screws Ifilb. There is a plurality of rollers I62, one for each tooth of the ratchet I59. The hub of the disk I5! lies between the ratchet I59 and the hand wheel I 69 and is freely rotatable on the shaft I52. The said hub has an arm I53 to which the pitman IN is pivotally connected by means of the pin I655. The pitman I 54 is given up and down thrust movements by means of the crank I66 which is rotated by the shaft I61 placed at right angles to the drive shaft 23 but in the same horizontal plane therewith. The shaft I 51 has a miter gear I68 secured thereto which meshes with the miter gear 169 secured to the drive shaft and hereinafter is termed the feed mechanism gear. The crank I65 has a slot I 19 and an adjusting screw I1I therein on which is movable a nut I12 of which the screw-threaded in I12a is an extension, and on an unthreaded portion of which the lower end of the pitman is journaled. A jam nut I12b holds the said pitman end in position thereon. A hub I13 is secured to the crank screw I1I, which is turnable thereby for adjusting the feed of the feeding roller I50.

There is a shaft I12 in the upper part of the frame I 51, carried in movable journal bearings slots I15 in the uprights I11 of said On said shaft I14 are secured two feed mg with the gear I88 secured to the shaft I 52 and by means of I14 is rotated.

The journal bearings I15 are yieldable upwardly and are normally pressed downwardly by which gearing the said shaft ineans of the coil springs I8I placed around the studs H32 and secured by the collars I33 and nuts I84. The said studs 82 are mounted in yokes I secured to the uprights I11 and movable up and down on the studs I82 are plates i555 on which the springs I BI directly bear. Secured to each plate I86 are two short rods I81 which extend through the yokes I85 so as to press against the journal bearings I15, and thus the pressure of the springs I9! is brought to the said bearings.

The above described paper strip feeding mechanism is located before the stamping mechanism for the reason that in certain of the articles adapted to be made by this machine, perforations as hereinbefore mentioned have to be formed in the web or paper strip which weakens the latter to some extent and if the feeding should be effected by pulling the strip through both the printing mechanism and the stamping mechanism the said strip might under some conditions be torn. But by pulling the strip through the printing mechanism and pushing it through the stamping mechanism one half of the danger of tearing is eliminated and the strip is therefore fed through the machine in a highly efficient and safe manner.

Reeling or winding mechanism extreme end portion of the element I9I is the reel 553 which includes two disks I96 and M5, the disk I95 being integral with a cylindrical portion or drum I96, having a hub I91 by which it is mounted on the shaft I 98, rotatable in the bearing 5% and having secured to it a grooved wheel by which it is driven by a belt MI and the latter is in turn driven by a grooved wheel 292 secured to the feed shaft I52.

The hub I91 is externally screw threaded mounted on it is a hand nut 203 which forces the flange 29 3 against the disk I94. The shaft E93 is reduced in diameter and screw threaded at I 92a and on it is a nut 255 which is effective for adjusting the spring 296 coiled around the portion ifita. The spring 295 bears against a collar 291 which is slotted at 201a to engage a pin 208 secured in the portion I98a of said shaft, and said cellar 291 bears against the free collar 299 which in turn bears against the hub I91.

There is a drum or wheel 2"] secured to a shaft 2H rotatable in a bearing 2I2 mounted on the frame element I9I. The shaft 2H has a sprocket 2I3 secured to its rearward part and said sprocket is driven by a chain 2M driven in turn by the sprocket 2I5 on the feed shaft I52.

On the frame element I is secured a bracket 2K5 which supports the guide member or chute 2S1 for supporting and guiding the finished strip material, which is permitted to pass downwardly beyond it at SI and thence to be drawn upward through the fiat tube 2 l8 which is mounted by its ears 2I9 on a rod 229 secured transversely on the frame element I9I.

The upper part of the flat tube 2I8 has a resilient extension 22! in the form of a slightly bent plate secured to it and which extension normally lightly bears on the drum or wheel 2IEl and when the strip material is drawn around with the rotation of the drum m, the plate 22! drags on the strip material so as to give slight amount of slack in the same at SI.

The shaft @95 has a face plate I980 having felt pads I980 which bear against the disk I 95 so that the reel proper consisting of the disks I94, I 95 and drum I35 is frictionally held between the face plate I980 and the flange 295 and the drum I95 can be turned on the shaft l98. The reel will therefore be turned at a slightly slower rate than the shaft I58 which difference in rates. will increase as the strip material is piled higher in the reel. Thus it will be practicable to Wind all amounts of the strip material with one speed of the wheel 290.

Operation My improved machine operates as follows:

A web or strip S of suitable material in a roll is placed on a suitable reel (not shown) and the free end is passed along under the guide roller 223 of the frame 223a and over the guide 224 and guide roller 225. through the aperture 26a of the actuating member 26. It is then passed through the opening 411 in the pedestal 4, over the platen 6, through the opening 5a in the pedestal 5 and through the aperture 25a in the right hand actuating member 25, into the grip of the feed roller I59 and feed disks I18.

It is then put through the slot I39 in the stripper plate I31 and passed from there to the guide chute 2I1. The machine can now be started into operation by the rotation of the pinion gear 225 which turns the large gear 221 and fly wheel 228 on the drive shaft 23 starting the latter into rotation. The said pinion 225 may be mounted on the rotor shaft of a suitable electric motor or other suitable driving shaft. The end of the paper strip is now formed into a slackened portion or loop SI just below the said chute 2I'I and 5 is then passed up through the flat tube 2 I8, partly around the cylinder or drum 2I9 and temporarily secured to the drum I96 of the reel I93 so as to be wound onto the same. The reel now winds up the finished material as it is formed until a roll is made equal in diameter to that of the disks I94 and I95.

As the drive shaft 23 revolves, at each revolution the eccentrics 24 lower the pitmans 26, thus also lowering the form bed II of the printing mechanism together with the printing elements on the plate 32 so that printed impressions are made on the strip S, usually as labels spaced from one another as desired or such other printing as may be suitable for the strip to be made.

Each revolution of the shaft 23 causes the frame I95 of the stamping mechanism to be lowered with its top plate H3. The top plate II3 presses down the punch plate I3I against the springs I34. The punch elements I32, I33, now 25 operate, the first to emboss or crease a figure a on the strip S and the latter to perforate apertures bin the same but forward of the creasing.

Each creasing or embossing surrounds a printed label such as c or other printed matter formed by the printing mechanism above described. The location of the die elements is suchthat exact registration of the stamping with the printing is effected by slight adjustments of the die elements as above described. The first half of a drive shaft revolution does the required work on the strip S, and the last half retracts the parts and operates the strip feed and reeling movements. The ratchet strip feed mechanism above described effects a forward movement of the strip on the second half of the revolution of the shaft 23 by downward movement of the crank I 66 which causes a downward movement of the pitman I94, pin I95 and arm I63. This in turn causes the rollers I62 to grip the ratchet I59, thus turning the shaft I52 a portion of a revolution, together with the roller I59 and disks I18, the latter through the medium of the gears I19 and I89. The intermittent revolution of the shaft I52 also causes the reeling mechanism D to operate by means of the grooved wheels 292 and299 and. belt 29I, and the sprockets 2I5, M3 and chain 2I4. In this movement the reel I93 is given intermittent motion clockwise at a speed slightly in excess of that required to wind up the strip S at the diameter of the drum I96.

There is always a slippage between the large disk I95 and the face plate I980. This mechanism alone will effectively reel up an unperforated strip S but with perforated strips a further mechanism is desirable to prevent any tearing of the strip S. This mechanism is that including the cylinder 2I9', the tube 2I8 and the tension plate 22I and the parts supporting them. This mechanism causes a slight drag on the movement of 65 the strip S so that the reeling is retarded. Thus a loop SI or slack portion is formed just below the tube 2 I8. The drum 2 I9 has a drag on the strip S slightly in excess of that required to properly deliver it to the reel I93 and a slight slippage is present which is in no way detrimental to proper delivery.

The inking of the printing plate 32 is effected by each pair of of the rollers 33 successively when said pair passes under the plate, one inking being made for each revolution of the drive shaft 23. This operation is illustrated in Fig. 5 in which a a pair of rollers 33 is shown midway on said plate 32 and the collars I99 being shown as on the fiat part of the cam I93, and the rollers 33 pressed upwardly against the plate 32 by the coil springs 59.

The inking of the rollers 33 is effected by the intermittent rotation of the roller 54 in the ink fount causing the ink to be carried out of the fount in an anti-clockwise direction as seen in Fig. 5. The back and forth movement of the rubber roller I9 carries ink from the roller 54 to the roller 85 and rotary movement of the latter car ries the ink to the roller 93. The rotation of the roller 93 carries ink to the roller 99 and rotation of the latter causes ink to be carried onto the rollers 33 at the upper part of the mechanism as seen in Fig. 5. The roller 99 causes the said rollers 33 to rotate at that part of their travel. The gear rings 34 cause each pair of the rollers 33 to be carried around the form bed II once for each revolution of the shaft 23 or to give two revolutions of said shaft for each revolution of said rings.

Referring to Figs. 19 and 20, I have here indicated an alternative form of the reeling mechanism in which the flat tube 2I8 is omitted and a roller 239 (shown in broken lines) is placed over the drum 2 I 9. The roller 239 will be mounted on a suitable shaft 23I journaled in bearings 232 which will in fact be extensions of the member 2I2. The shaft 23I will be driven by a spur gear 233 meshing with a larger spur gear 234 on the shaft 2I2. In this form the finished strip passes directly to the grip of the drum 2I9 and roller 239 and is used for material which has no perforated parts to require the use of a slackened portion or loop SI,

It is evident that various changes and modi fications may be made in my invention which will be covered by the claim and I do not therefore confine myself to the details of construction and arrangement herein shown and described.

What I claim is: I

In combination, a horizontal machine bed having a pluralityof vertical bearings in a set, a reciprocating frame having a plurality of vertical rods slidable in said bearings and each rod having a portion extending at alltimes below said bed, a top plate joining the upper ends of said rods and a bottom member joining the lower ends of said rods below the bed, means connected to said bottom member below said bed for reciprocating said frame, a die on said bed surrounded by said frame, a punch above the die adapted to be pushed down by said top plate during part of its movement downward, and spring means to move the punch upward, said punch and spring means also being surrounded by said frame.

JONAS J ONASSEN. 

